diff --git a/ci/test-checks.sh b/ci/test-checks.sh
index ebe6686ae3d5a3..91affdf9cacb4e 100755
--- a/ci/test-checks.sh
+++ b/ci/test-checks.sh
@@ -31,21 +31,6 @@ EOF
 
 _ cargo "+${rust_nightly}" install cargo-hack --locked
 
-# Detect possible compilation errors of problematic usage of `dev-utils`-gated code
-# without being explicitly declared as such in respctive workspace member
-# `Cargo.toml`s. This cannot be detected with `--workspace --all-targets`, due
-# to unintentional `dev-utils` feature activation by cargo's feature
-# unification mechanism.
-# So, we use `cargo hack` to exhaustively build each individual workspace
-# members in isolation to work aournd.
-
-# Check implicit usage of `dev-utils`-gated code in non-dev (= production) code by
-# buidling without dev dependencies (= tests/benches) for each crate
-_ cargo "+${rust_nightly}" hack check --bins
-# Check implicit usage of `dev-utils`-gated code in dev (= test/benches) code by
-# building in isolation from other crates, which might happen to enable `dev-utils`
-_ cargo "+${rust_nightly}" hack check --all-targets
-
 echo --- build environment
 (
   set -x
@@ -129,6 +114,21 @@ else
   _ scripts/cargo-for-all-lock-files.sh -- "+${rust_nightly}" sort --workspace --check
 fi
 
+# Detect possible compilation errors of problematic usage of `dev-utils`-gated code
+# without being explicitly declared as such in respctive workspace member
+# `Cargo.toml`s. This cannot be detected with `--workspace --all-targets`, due
+# to unintentional `dev-utils` feature activation by cargo's feature
+# unification mechanism.
+# So, we use `cargo hack` to exhaustively build each individual workspace
+# members in isolation to work aournd.
+
+# Check implicit usage of `dev-utils`-gated code in non-dev (= production) code by
+# buidling without dev dependencies (= tests/benches) for each crate
+_ cargo "+${rust_nightly}" hack check --bins
+# Check implicit usage of `dev-utils`-gated code in dev (= test/benches) code by
+# building in isolation from other crates, which might happen to enable `dev-utils`
+_ cargo "+${rust_nightly}" hack check --all-targets
+
 _ scripts/cargo-for-all-lock-files.sh -- "+${rust_nightly}" fmt --all -- --check
 
 _ ci/do-audit.sh